The ponies went to the park for a Pony Pet playdate, although each owner just played with their own pet, which kind of defeated the purpose. Rainbow Dash's very pleasurable dream about Cassandra was cut short by all the pets' noise.
"Sorry for waking you" said Twilight.
"Say Cassandra, why don't you have a pet?" asked Rarity.
"What you mean an unintelligent companion that requires constant attention? I have six of those already."
"Hey, y'all wanna hear th' story of how ah met Winona?" asked Applejack
"Not particularly" said Cassandra.
*****
A slightly younger Applejack was walking by a pet shop when she spotted a cute looking border collie in a window display. She decided she had to have it, so she went into the pet store and flagged down the manager, the cherry salesman from Putting Your Hoof Down. "'scuse me mister?" She broke into song,
♪ ♫How much is that doggie in the window?
The one with the waggety tail?
Ah know that that doggie has a pricetag.
And ah tried to read it but failed.♪ ♫
"It's five thousand bits." said the manager
"That seems awful steep for a dog"
"Well dat's what it says on da pricetag."
"Alrighty then. Ah'll take yer word for it."
*****
"And ah was so moved by his honesty that ah decided to become th' Element of Honesty." finished Applejack.
"I have decided that I want to get a pet" said Rainbow Dash. Fluttershy perked up,
"I knew you would Rainbow Dash! I'm so excited!" They flew to Fluttershy's place where she showed Rainbow Dash all of the critters. Cassandra came too to help Rainbow make her decision. Rainbow Dash picked out a dozen suitable candidates, and informed them that they would have to go through a gauntlet of tests to be her pet.
"I'm surprised they're putting up with her BS" remarked Twilight, forgetting that coarse language shouldn't be used in polite company.
"It's elementary, really" said Cassandra, "they're disappointed that they don't get to be my pet, but being Rainbow Dash's personal companion is just one degree of separation from me."
"Your knowledge is like a vast and endless ocean" gushed Twilight, stars in her eyes.
"I know" said Cassandra.
"What a guy" said Twilight.
"Alright listen up!" said Rainbow Dash to the pets, "only one of you can be my pet, so I need to find out who. Speed! Agility! Style! Coolness! Awesomeness! And radicalness! None of you are Cassandra, but if you have those qualities, then you might just come close!"
"Aren't those all the same words?" said Twilight
"You'd think so" said Dash, "and that's why you could never be my pet. Cassandra though...." she gave a mischievous smile.
"Not gonna happen." said Cassandra.
"Worth a try." They moved on to the first challenge, which was laps around a track. The flamingo tripped and fell and got a small scrape.
"Eep!" squeaked Fluttershy, "I hate blood!" Luckily for her, Cassandra was there to bandage the bird and make him all better. "You are the best animal doctor in Ponyville, and probably all of Equestria."
"Oh it's just one of my few talents" said Cassandra modestly.
"What a guy" said Fluttershy.
"Next is the radicalness contest. Show me as much radicalness as you can." said Dash. All the pets pointed at Cassandra. "Come on guys, this won't work if you all tie. Ok, show me the second-most radicalness you can" So reluctantly, they demonstrated radicalness in different ways.
*****
After a series of contests, Rainbow had it narrowed it down to a few finalists. "And now for the last challenge" she said, "A race through Ghastly Gorge. Dramatic Music Sting."
The pets lined up at the starting line, along with the tortoise, at Fluttershy's insistence. "Ready, set go!" cried Rainbow Dash, and she took off, giving herself a head start. The pets took off as fast as they could, but they struggled to keep up. They flew through the thorns, past the dangerous eels, and into the avalanche zone. Rainbow went through brazenly, but a falling rock pinned her in place, unbeknownst to the rest of the pets. Cassandra, who had a feeling that Dash's recklessness would endanger someone's life, was watching from afar. She spotted Rainbow Dash's distress, and hurried to rescue her. As she neared the rock slide, something caught her eye
"Oh, what's this?" she ducked behind a rock. The tortoise was approaching, and it was looking at Rainbow Dash concernedly. It spotted Cassandra and gave her a curious look. "Don't worry little guy, I won't steal your thunder" whispered Cassandra. She felt bad about prolonging Rainbow Dash's suffering by letting the less-than-expedient animal do the work, but sacrifices had to be made so that ponies didn't get jealous of Cassandra's heroism.
After 3 hours, the tortoise made it to Rainbow Dash and lifted the boulder, freeing her, He carried her to the finish line. The ponies cheered when they saw she was safe.
"The falcon won the race, Rainbow Dash" said Fluttershy, "so he's your new pet."
"Awesome!" said Dash, "I've always wanted a falcon!"
"Now hold on just a second" said Cassandra, "this tortoise has gone out of his way to earn your affection, even saving your life after you treated him so cruelly. Don't you think he's the more deserving?"
"By Celestia, you're right Cassandra!" said Dash, "tortoise, I want you to be my loving companion. Now what should I call you? You're green, slow, but powerful like a military vehicle... I got nothing."
"How about Tank?" suggested Cassandra.
"Yeah, Tank, that's it! Tank, I hereby declare you, Rainbow Dash's (that's me) awesome new pet."
Tank looked at Cassandra, and Cassandra looked at Tank. The tortoise could not speak, but from his expression, it was plain to see what he would say if he could... "What a guy."
So. Your idea of an OC is Fluttershy with brown hair and a blue coat? Very original. Upon reading the horrific description, my eyes slid to the side where your.. crossover was. "A spinoff of the smash hit fanfic "The Cassandra Chronicles."" Really? The Cassandra Chronicles has more downvotes than upvotes. Trollfic? I think so. This.. horrible.. HORROR SHOULD BE CONDEMNED.
'As a world-famous fanfiction writer, I get thousands of fan letters a day, and by far the most common question is, "I know that Cassandra is the best OC in the world, and possibly the universe. But are there any other ways to express my adulation?" Well yes, loyal followers, I'm happy to report that there are. The First and Only Church for Cassandra, the Best OC is now open. You're all welcome to come in and give thanks.'
Serisouly? This is horrible. Trollfic gone too far. They are NOT funny, they do not bring joy to readers (the opposite happens), and they are just plain boring. Spammy. And you have 10 commandments for that church of yours. That can offend a few.
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3689465 I thought the same at first, until I started picking up that this was just making fun of the idea of Mary Sue and Original Characters in a new way where it just becomes funny on its own. Guess that the 99 down-voters couldn't see that past a certain point. Hell I seen stories where there were Mary Sues as the main character and got a decent score, then there are horribly written stories that somehow get over 1000 comments and upvotes just because they reference Call of Duty and other games then throw in some sex.
3689465 *sigh* Some people just don't understand...
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I half like it, though I did cast a BIG FAT DOWNVOTE!
Ahem. I just agree with NocturneD85 but I really really really REALLY hate the way that the author makes the main six and everypony else (except of, course Cassandra) so f****** dumb.
So much salt in the comments section.
I have no words for this incredible brilliance.
Also, the comments section cracks me up sometimes. So much haters, geez.